The stay-at-home restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 led to unparalleled sudden
change in daily life, but it is unclear how they affected urban crime globally. We collected …

The “crime drop” is the most important criminological phenomenon of modern times. In North
America, Europe, and Australasia, many common crimes have fallen by half or more since …

Background This study aimed to determine whether crime patterns in Mexico City changed
due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and to test whether any changes observed were associated …

The application of technology for situational crime prevention (SCP) has been urban-centric,
focused mostly on crime and safety problems in urban centres, and overlooking rural …

Many studies have sought to explain the major crime declines experienced in most
advanced countries. Key hypotheses relate to: lead poisoning; abortion legalization; drug …

This study measures the effectiveness of anti-burglary security devices, both individually and
in combination. Data for 2008–2012 from the Crime Survey of England and Wales are …

This chapter is concerned with the extent to which the individual design features of the built
environment (such as a house, school, shopping mall or hospital), as well as the natural …

This paper describes and evaluates some fundamental facts about the contemporary crime
drop, summarizes the major explanations that have been offered for it, and assesses the …

This evidence review considers future security of travel by public transport and addresses
three questions:(1) What are the current security challenges for public transport …

This article critically analyses two key debates about police and policing: the problematic
definition of their role, and how they can be rendered democratically accountable. Both …